Figure 8 shows that mean intake of cadmium for the Vietnamese population due to shellfish consumption estimated in our study is lower than the one for the population due to crab consumption in the United Kingdom (Food Standards Agency, 2006), due to mollusk, crustacean, and cephalopod consumption in Greece and due to bivalve, crustacean, and cephalopod consumption in Portugal (European Commission, 2004).

The Sowerby's beaked whales that we examined had been feeding primarily on large numbers of relatively small meso- and benthopelagic fishes before their death; cephalopod prey constituted a very minor part of the diet of these animals.

The Cephalopod class, including squid, octopus and cuttlefish, a) is neurologically advanced, b) the same organ serves multiple functions, c) some mollusks contain pearls, purple dye and shells that humans value; and d) the Cephalopod class dates back to the Cambrian period 541 to 485 years ago.

Housed at the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre in Germany the cephalopod savant shot to fame during the 2010 World Cup when he correctly predicted the outcome of various matches, defeating various pretenders to his crown such as parrots and shrimps as they tried to hang on to his pace-setting tentacles.

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